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I John Cornmwell of the County of Sussex in Virginia from
mature deliberate Consideration and the Conviction of my own Mind,
being fully persuaded that Freedom is the Natural Rught of all Mankind
and that no Law Moral or Divine hath given me a Right
or property in the persons of any of my Fellow Creatures, and being
desirous to fulfill the Injunction of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by doing to others as I would be done by. Do therefore declare
that having under my care a
Negro Man named Cuffy Aged about
Twenty two years,
I do for myself my Heirs, Executors and
Administrators hereby release unto him the said
Cuffy
all my
Right, Interest, and Claim, or pretenssion of Claim whatsoever as to
his person or to any Estate he may acquire, without any Interruption
from me or any person claiming for, by, from or under
me. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal
this Fourteenth day of the Eleventh Month in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
John Cornwell
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
John Pretlow, Thos. Richs
I Robert Hunnicutt son of Peter of the county of Prince George in Virginia
from mature deliberate Consideration, and the conviction of my own Mind,
being fully persuaded that Freedom is the Natural Right of all Mankind
and that no Law Moral or Divine hath given me a Right to
or property in the persons of any of my Fellow Creatures, and being
desirous to fulfill the Injunction of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by doing to others as I would be done by. Do therefore declare
that having under my care a Negro Woman named Hannah Aged about
Forty six years. I do for myself my Heirs, Executors and
Administrators hereby release unto her the said Hannah all my
Right, Interest, and Claim, or pretension of Claim whatsoever as to
her person or to any Estate she may acquire, without any Interruption
from me or any person claiming, for, by from or under
me. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal
this Eighteenth day of the Eleventh Month in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
Robert Hunnicutt
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Edwd. Stabler, Benja. Russel. John Pretlow

I John Cornmwell of the County of Sussex in Virginia from
mature deliberate Consideration and the Conviction of my own Mind,
being fully persuaded that Freedom is the Natural Rught of all Mankind
and that no Law Moral or Divine hath given me a Right
or property in the persons of any of my Fellow Creatures, and being
desirous to fulfill the Injunction of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by doing to others as I would be done by. Do therefore declare
that having under my care a
Negro Man named Cuffy Aged about
Twenty two years,
I do for myself my Heirs, Executors and
Administrators hereby release unto him the said
Cuffy
all my
Right, Interest, and Claim, or pretenssion of Claim whatsoever as to
his person or to any Estate he may acquire, without any Interruption
from me or any person claiming for, by, from or under
me. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal
this Fourteenth day of the Eleventh Month in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
John Cornwell
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
John Pretlow, Thos. Richs
I Robert Hunnicutt son of Peter of the county of Prince George in Virginia
from mature deliberate Consideration, and the conviction of my own Mind,
being fully persuaded that Freedom is the Natural Right of all Mankind
and that no Law Moral or Divine hath given me a Right to
or property in the persons of any of my Fellow Creatures, and being
desirous to fulfill the Injunction of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by doing to others as I would be done by. Do therefore declare
that having under my care a Negro Woman named Hannah Aged about
Forty six years. I do for myself my Heirs, Executors and
Administrators hereby release unto her the said Hannah all my
Right, Interest, and Claim, or pretension of Claim whatsoever as to
her person or to any Estate she may acquire, without any Interruption
from me or any person claiming, for, by from or under
me. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal
this Eighteenth day of the Eleventh Month in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
Robert Hunnicutt
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Edwd. Stabler, Benja. Russel. John Pretlow